{"id":461069,"date":"2011-07-14T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/arsenal-are-not-weak-defensively-arsene-wenger\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T16:08:00","slug":"arsenal-are-not-weak-defensively-arsene-wenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/arsenal-are-not-weak-defensively-arsene-wenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal are not weak defensively &#8211; Arsene Wenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 17:08:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.6630094044\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arsene Wenger, Arsenal\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/128400\/128403_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arsene Wenger, Arsenal<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"22.5358224016\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a> has insisted that his team is not defensively weak but admits that they must improve when it comes to defending set-pieces.<\/p>\n<p>The club have been linked with a host of centre-halves this summer, with Gary Cahill and Christopher Samba thought to be top of Wenger&#8217;s list of defensive targets, but only young Carl Jenkinson has been brought in at the back.<\/p>\n<p>Wenger told the club\u2019s official website: \u201cI don\u2019t think we are weak defensively but we are an offensive team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes that exposes our defenders a bit more than other teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman pointed to the long-term absence of Belgian central defender Thomas Vermaelen as a factor in the Gunners\u2019 occasionally leaky defence last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we have quality defenders,\u201d insisted Wenger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne is Thomas Vermaelen and he did not play last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn open play, we were one of the better defences but we conceded too many goals on set-pieces and that is where we want to improve this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/14\/2574857\/arsenal-are-not-weak-defensively-arsene-wenger\" title=\"Arsenal are not weak defensively - Arsene Wenger\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal are not weak defensively &#8211; Arsene Wenger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 14 Jul 2011 17:08:00 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Related Links Teams Players Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted that his team is not defensively weak but admits that they must improve when it comes to defending set-pieces. The club have been linked with a host of centre-halves this summer, with Gary Cahill and Christopher Samba thought to be top of Wenger&#8217;s list of defensive targets, but only young Carl Jenkinson has been brought in at the back. Wenger told the club\u2019s official website: \u201cI don\u2019t think we are weak defensively but we are an offensive team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal are not weak defensively - Arsene Wenger - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/arsenal-are-not-weak-defensively-arsene-wenger\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal are not weak defensively - Arsene Wenger - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By George Ankers 14 Jul 2011 17:08:00 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Related Links Teams Players Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted that his team is not defensively weak but admits that they must improve when it comes to defending set-pieces. 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